12×16 inches, charcoal and white pencil
As a student at a classical education school, we study a great amount of the ancient Roman times. In this piece is a roman soldier, surrounded by different depths of darkness. The piece depicts the darkness of the many dreadful wars, and suffering of which surrounded the men who became soldiers to protect their homes and families. As shown in the piece, this roman soldier is the courageous light who is fighting against the darkness.
The soldier is drawn with a white colored pencil on top of liquid charcoal which is all on top of a single layer of fine dry charcoal. As the creator of this piece, this is my first time using both wet and dry charcoal to create art. I was curious to see how these materials are different from others and I found that they are both very fun and unique in separate ways. The fine dry charcoal was messy and random while the wet charcoal was controlled and with a hard coarse texture. This piece was so fun to create and I hope that others can enjoy it as much as I do.